Wilhelm bellee



(No Model.)

W. BELL'ER.

PAPER FILE.

No. 554,903. Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YVILHELM BELLER, OF FBANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,903, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed February 12,1895. Serial No. 538,065. (No model.) Patented in France May 19, 1894,No. 238,632; in Belgium May 19,1894,N0. 110,036; in Switzerland May 28, 1894,110. 8,425; in England July 13, 1894,1I0. 13,595, and in Austria-Hungary September 19, 1894., No. Pi/5,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM BELLER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germ any, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, (for which I have obtained a patent in France, No. 238,632, dated May 19, 1894; in Belgium, No. 110,036, dated May 19, 1894; in Switzerland, No. 8,425, dated May 28, 1894.; in Austria-Hungary, No. l i/5,534, dated September 19, 1894, and in Great Britain, No. 13,595, dated July 13, 1894,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in files for letters, bills, &c., and has for its object to permit the separate removal of the filled section from the apparatus without disturbing the other sections.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a letter-file provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side View thereof; Fig. 3, a plan; Fig. 4., a section on line m at, Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are details of slide 0.

In Figs. 1 to 6 the letter or represents a board or tablet, to which are secured a pair of divided undercut guide plates or railsb b, the inner flanges of which constitute springs. The guide -plates 5 b, which may, however, also be made of a single piece, are adapted to receive the slides c 0, Figs. 5 and 6, to which the wires dd, receiving the letters, are soldered or secured in any suitable manner. The wires d are straight and constitute the file proper, while the wires d are curved and permit the temporary removal of the upper layers of papers filed by sliding them off the wires d and onto the depending ends of the wires d. The slides c c are forked at their end, so that they are held in position within the guide-plates, while they may at the same time be easily withdrawn, together with their wires. By means of a screw f the springflanges of the guide plates may be pressed more or less upon the forked end flaps c a, so as to clamp the latter in position.

When the slides are brought into alignment, the ends of the wires are also brought into a straight line, as shown in Fig. 1. After having filled thestraight wires d d with letters, a horizontal wire 6 is passed through an upper perforation of the same, to lock such letters in place. The slide 0, together with its filled wires, is then withdrawn from the rail 1), to be stored away, and is replaced by an empty slide and wires.

What I claim is- The combination of a base-plate with a slotted guide having spring-flanges, a slide having a forked end, a bent wire secured to the slide, and a screw engaging the guide and adapted to press the spring-flanges against the forked end of the slide, substantially as specified.

Signed at Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany, this 28th day of December, 1894.

WILI-IELM BELLER.

Witnesses:

ALVESTO S. HOGUE, FRANK H. MAsoN. 

